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$22.84 +0.03 (+0.13%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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FFNW vs. CFFN, TREE, TRST, HIFS, NFBK, FFIC, KRNY, HBCP, WSBF, and HMST

Should you be buying First Financial Northwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Northwest include Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), LendingTree (TREE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and HomeStreet (HMST). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

First Financial Northwest vs.

First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Financial Northwest presently has a consensus target price of $22.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.57%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than First Financial Northwest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Financial Northwest
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Capitol Federal Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Northwest. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Northwest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Financial Northwest$37.56M5.61$1.07M$0.11207.64
Capitol Federal Financial$180.76M3.86$38.01M$0.3913.49

First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. First Financial Northwest pays out 118.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capitol Federal Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Capitol Federal Financial received 35 more outperform votes than First Financial Northwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.89% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Financial NorthwestOutperform Votes
212
59.89%
Underperform Votes
142
40.11%
Capitol Federal FinancialOutperform Votes
247
53.58%
Underperform Votes
214
46.42%

Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to First Financial Northwest's net margin of 1.34%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.96% beat First Financial Northwest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Financial Northwest1.34% 0.67% 0.07%
Capitol Federal Financial 12.67%4.96%0.53%

In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 3 mentions for First Financial Northwest. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Capitol Federal Financial's score of 1.10 indicating that First Financial Northwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Financial Northwest
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Capitol Federal Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Capitol Federal Financial beats First Financial Northwest on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FFNW vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Financial NorthwestState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$210.77M$2.87B$10.86B$7.35B
Dividend Yield0.57%4.08%5.77%4.31%
P/E Ratio207.6621.6821.5617.82
Price / Sales5.612.9025.4697.68
Price / Cash22.2410.6317.6234.64
Price / Book1.301.102.563.98
Net Income$1.07M$372.21M$1.03B$247.81M
7 Day Performance0.93%3.15%1.82%3.19%
1 Month Performance0.75%-6.19%-4.03%-7.70%
1 Year Performance12.18%12.89%535.48%1.49%

First Financial Northwest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFNW
First Financial Northwest
0.5827 of 5 stars
$22.84
+0.1%
$22.75
-0.4%
+12.2%$210.77M$37.56M207.66140Positive News
CFFN
Capitol Federal Financial
3.5842 of 5 stars
$5.25
flat
$6.50
+23.8%
-0.4%$697.13M$180.76M13.46730Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
TREE
LendingTree
4.7658 of 5 stars
$43.99
-4.3%
$65.75
+49.5%
+31.5%$589.20M$900.22M-16.291,250Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
TRST
TrustCo Bank Corp NY
2.5445 of 5 stars
$28.17
-0.7%
N/A+5.9%$535.79M$171.77M10.96820Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
HIFS
Hingham Institution for Savings
0.77 of 5 stars
$222.25
+0.9%
N/A+40.9%$477.84M$65.85M17.3287Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
NFBK
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY)
3.8755 of 5 stars
$9.83
-0.3%
$12.00
+22.1%
+13.5%$423.83M$127.91M13.65400Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
FFIC
Flushing Financial
3.9828 of 5 stars
$11.20
-0.9%
$16.17
+44.3%
-2.1%$378.30M$124.74M-11.09540Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
KRNY
Kearny Financial
3.0866 of 5 stars
$5.81
+0.9%
$7.75
+33.4%
+1.4%$375.21M$152.16M-5.14600Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
HBCP
Home Bancorp
4.0226 of 5 stars
$41.95
-0.4%
$54.83
+30.7%
+20.7%$339.71M$134.89M9.22440News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
WSBF
Waterstone Financial
3.0269 of 5 stars
$12.41
-2.4%
N/A+5.1%$239.76M$132.38M12.29740News Coverage
Gap Down
HMST
HomeStreet
4.034 of 5 stars
$11.14
-1.9%
$14.25
+27.9%
-14.0%$210.78M$45.83M-1.45940Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FFNW) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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